Guide-blade and vane for turbines.



No. 881,409. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

' A. JUDE.

GUIDE BLADE AND VANE FOR TURBINES.

P IUATI N FILED UG. 2 1906. AP L 0 A 8 6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WITNESSES No. 881,409. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

A.JUDE. GUIDE BLADE AND VANE FOR TURBINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2a 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

. A. J'UDE. GUIDE BLADE AND VANB FOR TURBINBS.

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A. JUDB. GUIDE BLADE AND VANE'POR TURBINES.

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APPLIOATION'IILED AUG. 28,-1908.

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ALEXANDER JUDE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNbR TO BELLISS & MOftCOM LIMITED,

OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

GUIDE-BLADE AND VANE FOR TURBINES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, lacs.

i v Application filed August 28 1306. Serial no. 332,351.

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The im ortant novel feature which is comrnon to a lthe constructions described and illustrated in the present'specifioation is the formation of two or more consecutive guide blades .or vanes in one piece whereby each lends strength and rigidity to the others which are integral with it, and, by the forked form of the twin shanks, rovide easy means forgetting a secure holdfast to the stator and rotor r'espectively,'by a piece interposed within the branches of the forks-also the constructions, the details of which are varied,

all conform to the condition that the component parts can be machined from a strip of uniform section-by a repetition process involviiig' comparatively small cost and providing great uniformity. .The accompanying drawings show the form and fixing as ada ted to the external periphery of acylindrica disk or drum which,

in general, would constitute the rotor,'the.

attached. ortions, in these instances, being vanes:- ut, such a disk or drum is not necessarily the rotor.

, in which case the attachments would be distinguished by the term guide-blades.

' By an obvious inversion, the methods of construction shown can all be ada ted for fixing to the internal surface of a rum, which case, the attached parts would, 1n-

general, be the guide-blades of the stator, thou h they maybe the vanes of the rotor. Re err ing to the accompanying drawings Figures 1 -5 illustrate successive stages the formation of twin guide-blades and vanes according to one process com rised in this invention. Figs. 6;;zarid 7 s ow a modified method of twin construction. Figs. 8-12 illustrate successive stages in the formation of guide-blades and vanes by which any de- It may be the-stator,

sired plurality may be madeintegral with each other. Figs. 13-24 show various methods of securing to the statoror rotor the guide-blades or vanes respectively the forms of which are shown in Figs. 1-12.

' Fig. 2 shows a piece, severed from the stri of length sufficient to formtwo guide-- bla es 'or vanes, diminished in width-in the central part a and still more so :for a shortportion at each end 1), these end lugs I) being destined to effect a riveted attachment to theshrouding. According to the figure the narrowed portiona is not central relatively to the middle line of the strip, being made thus to enable the front .and tail edges of the guide-blades or vanes to differ from one an other. i I

Figs, 3,3, 3, 3 and 3 show the result of bending the wide portions of Fig. 2 to the shape required to form the guide-blade or vane surfaces, Figs. 3, 3 and 3 being sections at A, Band C respectively, marked on "Fig. 3', and Fi 3 showing an end view from which it will e observed that one surface 0, as viewed in plan, is convex and the other (1 is concave. After this operation the centralportion a. is bent as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, Fig. 5 being a section through the line 55 of Fig. 4. After being thus bent the con.- cavities of both surfaces will face the same way. The part a will form a forked shank.

cutting and bending a portion of the strip for the urpose of twin formation. In this case the gent extremities of the narrowed end 'portions e e are employed for securing the blades or vanes to the stator and rotor respectively the central narrow portion f being secured to the shrouding in a manner to be presently ex lained.

Figs. 8-12 are shown stages in the formation of guide-blades or vanes in which any desired number are made integral with one another.

' v Fig. 8 is a section through A- A in Fig. 8.

the strip is bent as shown in-Fig. 11 or 12'.

As shown in Fig. 11 the blade or vane surfaces are parallel to one another and to adapt such blades or vanes to the interior or exterior'of a drum two consecutive ones, in pairs, will be required to remain parallel to one another, consecutive pairs being slightly inclined to one another. In order that every guide-blade or vane may be radial when secured to a wheel or drum, as indicated in Fig. 12, it will be necessary to so bend the strip that the itch at the inner end of the shanks is suita ly proportioned to the pitch at the shrouding to suit the radius of the drum or disk to which the blades or vanes are to be secured. It will be observed that, if the bent continuous strip shown in Fig. 1],

I be parted at the middle of the shank portions g, a number of pairs of blades or vanes would result of the twin form shown in Fig. 7.

Figs. 13 and 14 show one method of securely fastening the blades or vanes, which are constructed according to Figs. 15, to the outside of a disk. In the periphery of the disk a groove is turned which is adapted to be occupied b a notched filling piece min the notches of w ich the shanks a are inserted, blocks 12. being inter osed-in the hollowof the forked shank. y means of ins 0 which penetrate the blocks n and the sides of the groove of the disk 7c, the ends of which are riveted, the blades or vanes are securely fastened.

' Fi s. 15, 16 and 17 show how, by turning the ling piece, indicated by m, on its side, the notches bein cut on one side of the segments of a ring, s own in part plan in Fig. 17,

' the use of detached blocks n can be dispensed with. In this case alternate portions of the filling piece m serve as distance pieces between the pairs of blades or vanes, the other alternate portions, which are penetrated by pins 0, servin the purpose of the interposed retaining b10515 at.

The principle of detention by pieces interposed in the fork formed by the twin shanks ma be embodied in other forms of construction, as for example that shown in Figs. 1819 :In this the filling piece is composed of a number of separate blocks one half of the number of which, indicated by pp, havea section shown by 7') Fig. 18, these being interposed in the fork formed by the shanks of the twin blades or vanes. other half of the number which serves as entrance pieces between the pairs of blades or vanesmay have a modified section as shown at 79 Fig. 19, though they may be identical with the blocks 1) as shown at 193 Fig. 19x These blocks are retained by shoulders (1 formed thereon which, on one side, fit into a groove 7* provided in the stator or rotor and on the other side the shoulders fit into a groove formed in ajunlc-ring s which may be formed in segments and securedby screws 25 a centering ring 5- helping to fortify the attachment and diminish or eliminate the shearin-rforce on the screws t due to con trifugal force in the case of the rotor.

Figs. 20 and 21 show a modified construction according to which the retaining and distance blocks of Figs. 18-19 are made integral with the junk-ring u and alternatively to this, these pieces may be made integral with the disk instead of the junk-ring.

In the cases in which the blades or vanes are required to be fastened to a drum and not to a thin edged disk a form of construction shown in Figs. 22 and 23 may be. adopted. This contains the same principle of retention by pieces interposed in the fork of the twin shanks. In this the drum v is surrounded by or, if a hollow drum, is lined by, a series of rings 10 shown in section in Fig. 22 and a part developed in Fig. 23. Notches are cut in one edge of the ring to receive the twin shanks as shown and by the butting of the edge of the next adjacent ring the inclosure of the shanks is completed. At the end of the drum the inclosure is completed by a fixed collar integral with the drum or by a junk-ring. The rings w may be secured by screws fr and may be formed in segments. Alte natively to the last mentioned construction the forked twin shanks may be secured to a drum 4/ by turning grooves therein of a section shown in Fig. 24, one side 0 thereof being undercut and a protruding ring 12 being formed on. the edge of the other side which, after the assembly of the blades or vanes can be fullered down. A filling piece y in the form of a ring with notches cut on one side as shown in part development in Fig. 24 and in section in Fig. 24" serves to provide the required'distance pieces between the airs and the retaining pieces inter osed in t e hollow of the fork of the com ined twin blades or shanks. By the beveled edge on one side and the fullering operation on the )ther the filling piece made in segments is securely held and thereby the blades or vanes.

Fig. in development and 25 in section show a form of shrouding suitable for use with blades or vanes formed as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 or as shown in Figs. 8-12. The rectangular orifices z are made to fit the ortion f of} Figs. 6 and 7 or the portion of Figs. 9-12 and the sides of theorifices are: countersunk. The portions f and 71. being composed of thicker material than-the shrouding will permit the connectionto be secured by riveting as shown in Fig. 22.

Claimsz 1. For turbine motors, guide-blades of which a plurality are formed integrally in one piece om a strip and have a narrow con nectlng portion which extends" tangentially relatively to the stator.- f

2. For turbine motors, vanes of which a plurality are formed integrally in one piece om a strip and havea narrow connecting portion which extends tangentially to the rotor.

3. For turbine motors, guide-blades of which a plurality are formed integrally in one piece.

fit between consecutive guide-blades and vanes, and be fastened to the stator and rotor, res ectively and inclose the said tangentia y extending portion of the shank.

6. For turbine mot'ors vanes of which a plurality are formed integrally in one piece cm a strip and have a shank portion which extends tangentially relatively to the rotor and retaining blocks ada ted to fit between consecutive vanes and e fastened to the rotor and inclose the said tangentially extending portion of the shank.

7. For turbine motors, guide-blades of which a plurality are formed integrally in one piece from a strip and have a shank portion which extends tangentiall relatively to the stator, and retaining bloc s adapted to fit between consecutive guide-blades, and be fastened-tothe stator and rotor respectively and inclose the said tangentially extending portion of the shank a plurality of the retaining blocks being formed integrally in one 8. For turbine motors, .vanes of which a lurality are formed integrally in one piece om a'strip and have a shank portion which extends tangentially relatively to the rotor and retaining blocks ada ted to fitbetween consecutive vanes and e fastened to the rotor and inclose the said tangentially extending portion of the shank, a plurality of the retaining blocks being-formed integrally in one piece. a

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. ALEXANDER JUDE.

Witnesses: v WALTER GLowEs,

-HAROLD CORBETT. 

